Recalling Coxon in 2022: a trader who later did pretraining, not a safety ideologue
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-09-19
NathanpmYoung shares his memory of meeting Coxon in 2022: a clever but somewhat lost trader who went on to do pretraining work — which AI safety people generally consider harmful. He says he checked with Coxon before posting and doesn't recall him being deeply AI-safety pilled, just well-connected in the space.
Related event: Acquaintance Recalls Coxon as an Aimless Trader Back in 2022(3 posts)→
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